Sign construction



.lmmo 1940. L. w. JOYCE 2,188,437

SIGN CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 24, 1938 INVENTOR. Lu/ z W Java: Y

BY ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 30, 1940 UNITED srrss PTENT OFFECE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a signconstruction adapted for use as a street indicating sign and the like.

It is an object of the present invention to pro- 5 vide a sign mountableon a standard and so constructed and arranged as to be durable,economical of manufacture, easily and quickly installed and highlyefilcient in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a sign so arrangedand constructed that the indicia bearing faces will be visible and freefrom any shielding effect of the other parts.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanyingdrawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the invention with a part of thestandard broken away.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the invention with apart broken away and a part shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 taken at right angles thereto.

Fig. 4 is an end elevational fragmentary View of a slightly modifiedform.

As shown in the drawing the sign is used with a standard or post 9 whichis firmly mounted at the desired location. This post is indicated astubular and provided on its upper endwith a threaded portion. Threadedon this threaded portion is a cap it secured in position by the setscrew II. This cap It carries the sign boards and in the form shown Ihave indicated a pair of these boards extended at right angles to eachother. The cap i is provided with a diametrically extending slot I2 inwhich the lower edge of the sign board i3 is positioned, this slotextending down the side walls of the cap [0 so that the inner edge ofthe sign board l3 will be positioned below the inner surface of the capHi. This plate i3 is then welded in position, the Weld Hi accumulatingthe opposite sides of the edge of the board l3 on the inner surface ofthe cap l0.

Welded on the upper edge of the sign board I3 is a rectangular plate IS,the board l3 extending diagonally thereof. Resting upon this securingplate I5is a sign board l 6 which is welded thereto and extendsdiagonally thereof so that the sign boards l3 and I6 extendsubstantially at right angles to each other. This, of course, is thedesired mounting if the sign boards are used to indicate a pair ofintersecting streets extending at right angles to each other. Theangularity of these boards l3 and It may, of course, be changed to meetthe conditions peculiar to the use to which the sign boards are to be apart.

Thus, the cap and the sign boards l3 and i6 and the securing board iiiare bonded together 5 into a unitary Whole and after the post is mountedin position, this unitary structure may be easily and quickly mounted ontop of the post and the screw ll driven home to prevent the structurefrom being unduly removed from the post.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the cap ii! provided with a threaded stud i'lprojecting therefrom and threading into a socket i8 formed in the upperend of the post 9 so that, if desired, a solid post may be used and theinvention embodied there- 15 with.

It is believed obvious that a compact, durable and economicallymanufactured structure is thus provided and that a well-appearing streetsign is thus afforded.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details ofstructure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations andmodifications as may come within the scope of the 25 appended claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. A sign construction of the class described, comprising: a supportingpost having a threaded portion on its upper end; a cup-shaped cap 0threadable on said upper end, said cap having 'a diametrically extendingslot formed through its base and extending into its side Walls; a signboard positioned in said slot and projecting beyond the inner face ofthe base of said cup-shaped cap and welded thereto; a securing platemounted on the upper edge of said sign board; and an additional signboard resting upon the upper face of said securing plate and securedthereto and extending angularly to said first-mentioned sign 40 board.

2. A sign construction of the class described comprising: a supportingpost; a cup-shaped cap mounted on the open end of said post, said caphaving a diametrically extending slot formed through its base andextending into its side walls;

a sign board positioned in said slot projecting beyond the inner face ofthe base of said cup-shaped cap and welded thereto, there being a weldon the inner face and the outer face of said base of said cap; asecuring plate mounted on the upper edge of said sign board; and anadditional sign board resting upon the upper face of said securing plateand secured thereto and extending angularly to said first-mentioned signboard.

LUKE W. JOYCE.

